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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Jul 29, 2018 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
51-Down : "Buy ___!" (exhortation at a sale of Roman statues)
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33
| 1 C | 2 A | 3 M | 4 E | 5 L | 6 O | 7 T | | 8 S | 9 L | 10 U | 11 E | 12 S | |
13 C | O | L | O | R | A | D | O | | 14 C | A | R | A | T | 15 S |
16 H | O | L | D | S | W | A | Y | | 17 A | L | I | S | O | N |
18 A | L | E | U | T | S | | 19 I | 20 S | L | A | | 21 T | R | Y |
22 R | I | G | S | | | 23 O | N | C | E | | 24 B | E | A | D |
25 G | E | E | | 26 S | 27 I | N | G | E | | 28 M | E | R | G | E |
29 E | S | S | 30 E | N | C | E | | 31 P | 32 L | A | I | N | E | R |
| | | 33 L | A | O | S | | 34 T | U | R | N | | | |
35 M | 36 A | 37 R | T | I | N | I | | 38 E | N | I | G | 39 M | 40 A | 41 S |
42 A | T | H | O | L | | 43 D | 44 I | R | G | E | | 45 A | D | O |
46 S | T | U | N | | 47 B | E | D | S | | | 48 A | R | A | L |
49 T | A | B | | 50 F | A | D | E | | 51 J | 52 E | M | I | M | A |
53 I | C | A | 54 R | U | S | | 55 A | 56 R | O | M | A | T | I | C |
57 C | H | R | O | M | E | | 58 L | E | V | I | T | A | T | E |
| 59 E | B | B | E | D | | 60 S | T | E | R | I | L | E | |
© 2018, The New York Times
Across
1
In which musical did Elmo act? :
CAMELOT8
Swings that give you less :
SLUES13
A cool road might go through its mountains :
COLORADO14
Things rabbits eat loudly :
CARATS16
17
Lisa? No, some other woman :
ALISON18
Salute to Alaskan natives :
ALEUTS19
Spanish boats sail near it :
ISLA21
Extension of the Indus :
TRY22
Most girls don't drive them :
RIGS23
24
25
Going first or last :
GEE26
28
__ __ld o__ amal__amat__ :
MERGE29
31
33
It's near Vietnam and also Cambodia :
LAOS34
Arctic ___ (course change way up North) :
TURN35
Drink for Steve or Dean and me :
MARTINI38
Things presented in games of riddles :
ENIGMAS42
City some Bay Staters are loath to leave :
ATHOL43
Sad song for Gov. Ridge :
DIRGE45
46
47
Deb's places to sleep :
BEDS48
Sea with an artificial border :
ARAL49
50
A Fed at many a film's end :
FADE51
53
A minicar used to have this flier :
ICARUS55
57
What did Homer see on the car? :
CHROME58
Biblical namesake at a London gallery :
LEVITATE59
Fell into decline back in old Ebbets Field :
EBBED60
Down
1
Workers who are no longer hotties :
COOLIES2
3
4
Middle of an interstate :
ERST5
Senators saw 50 of them :
LAWS6
7
8
It shows Alec's weight :
SCALE9
Notes kept by Angela Lansbury :
LALA10
11
From the part of the U.S. nearest the Atlantic :
EASTERN12
It's so great for preserving things :
STORAGE13
Cost of a cavalry attack :
CHARGE15
Old TV host who sounds more sarcastic :
SNYDER20
Respects symbols of authority :
SCEPTERS23
24
26
27
Grifter's admission :
ICON28
Who said "I am 'er" :
MARIE30
Let no one forget this name in pop music :
ELTON32
All day ___ (breathing device that never quits) :
LUNG35
In sum, a sticky resin :
MASTIC36
How to make an orang orange :
ATTACHE37
Squabble over pie filling :
RHUBARB39
For L.A. Ram it is a kind of bliss :
MARITAL40
41
A close kind of comfort :
SOLACE44
Is about to hand out the cards :
IDEALS47
Be sad while grounded :
BASED48
Something a violinist might play at 1 a.m. :
AMATI50
51
"Buy ___!" (exhortation at a sale of Roman statues) :
JOVE52
54
Apt name for Mr. Steele :
ROB56
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